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Clionella

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Clavatulidae

Taxonomy
Clionella was named by Gray (1847). It is extant.

It was reranked as Clavatula (Clionella) by Vredenburg (1925).

It was assigned to Clavatula by Vredenburg (1925); and to Clavatulinae by Rosenberg et al. (2006).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1847Clionella Gray
1925Clavatula (Clionella) Vredenburg p. 33
2006Clionella Rosenberg et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyConoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyClavatulidae(Gray 1853)
genusClionellaGray 1847

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Clionella Gray 1847
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilesuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: carnivoresuperf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:08:14
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:08:14
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Miocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 23.03000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 15.97 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97India C. vinaykraoi (72033)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Pakistan Clavatula sinuata (77143)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal) C. bipartita, C. inornata (41473)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588South Africa (Cape) C. sp. nov. ? (179486)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117South Africa C. rosaria (122945) C. rosaria, Clavatula sinuata (122937)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117South Africa (Western Cape) C. confusa (110492)